Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:15:48 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Forcing buffer cache to use available memory Message-ID: <46FFCBB4.8010908@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20070930130108.GA73189@hyperion.scode.org> References: <20070930130108.GA73189@hyperion.scode.org>
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Peter Schuller wrote: > Is there a way to force the buffer cache to be more aggressive when > caching reads? Or even just plain force a certain number of megabytes > to be dedicated to the buffer cache? You want to adjust the vfs.read_max sysctl, I believe, or the vfs.maxbufspace for your second question. "sysctl -d vfs" is likely to be informative.... -- -Chuck
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